Example sentences of "n't [pers pn] [adv] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh God — ca n't I even have a row with you now ? |
| 2 | ‘ Do n't I even get a sword ? ’ he pleaded . |
| 3 | Well do n't I just go the next one great than three ? |
| 4 | ‘ Why do n't I just wear a bag over my head ? ’ she asked . |
| 5 | I know you can , but really I ca n't I just want a detailed like , even a detailed train map . |
| 6 | Well I tell him he must go , and if he does n't I just open the door wide to let the cigarette smell out and erm course then he as I say , I ca n't tell you what he calls me , but erm |
| 7 | Ludens thought , why ca n't I do that , why ca n't I just ask a woman to hold my hand , why ca n't I ask Franca to ! |
| 8 | I paid good money for that , I said , ca n't I just have a last go on it ? |
| 9 | Ca n't I just have the other one , cos I got that one right ? |
| 10 | Ca n't I like cut the baby in half ? |
| 11 | I did at one time I know I never I do n't I never touch a thing there and I thought and he would you mind opening your carrier and I 've got sanitary towels in there |
| 12 | Once she 'd put the phone down on him the previous night she 'd regretted her skittish way with him , and , after a heart-to-heart with Marlin in which she 'd told him she wanted to go back to England , and he 'd replied that it would all seem different in the morning and why did n't she just take a pill and lie down , she 'd decided to call him back . |
| 13 | Had n't she just described the truly religious man , someone in the world but not of it ? |
| 14 | For had n't she already experienced the heat of the fires which burned beneath his deceptively cool surface ? |
| 15 | Had n't she already known the score — Luke 's one-time involvement with Elise ? |
| 16 | He might be kind , gentle even , but his words would be no more than a courteous cloak of indifference ; for had n't she now joined the ranks of women who wanted him ? |
| 17 | Would n't she always feel a fool , knowing they were laughing at her and her Irish ways . |
| 18 | And because she wanted to know more , she wanted to find out all there was to find out about this dark , ancient stronghold that her ancestors had known , at times she stole out from her bedchamber after nightfall and stood listening to the night rustlings and the soft settling of the old , old timbers ( and the footsteps ? did n't she still hear the footsteps every night ? ) and thought that if only she knew the right words , or if only she had the power , she could summon the enchantments and lay bare the secrets and understand this place . |
| 19 | By catching herself saying ‘ You stupid woman , ca n't you even pour a cup of tea without spilling it ? ’ and instead thinking , ‘ OK , Alison , you seem a bit shaky today . |
| 20 | ‘ Did n't you even have a man on him ? ’ said Owen incredulously . |
| 21 | ‘ Listen to me , you crazy bastard , do n't you even take a look at that bitch . |
| 22 | Do n't you also attack the church ? |
| 23 | Ca n't you just do a find ? |
| 24 | ‘ Ca n't you just do the work you 're paid for ? ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Why do n't you just change the paper 's name to New Morrissey Express and have done with it ? ’ goes the usual enquiry , ‘ he 's on your cover every bloody week anyway ! ’ |
| 26 | Now why do n't you just forget the whole thing ? |
| 27 | I said , Why do n't you just knock the flaming wall down . |
| 28 | ‘ Could n't you just leave the whisky , I 'll drink it all , wake up in the morning no , make that the afternoon — with a head that feels like you hit me over the skull with the bottle , and you sleep in the car ready for that long and demanding journey down the notoriously dangerous A74 tomorrow ? ’ |
| 29 | Well why did n't you just bring the note and show it to me ? |
| 30 | Why do n't you just open the back gate so that they can come and collect their stuff when they want it ? |